I have a house-trained 1 1/2 year old puppy, Gracie, who, after having been spayed at 6 months, started to have incontinence issues. At times she had a urinary tract infection and we felt that was the cause. But lately she has had a couple of “accidents” even though the vet said she doesn’t have a bladder infection. What might be the cause of this?
We have two favors to ask of you. The first one is . . . Send us questions. Now here’s the second thing. Our 72 foster cats eat a lot of cat food. They are eating machines. We need your help with this if you can. We need donations of dry cat and kitten food.
I was talking to my neighbor (who to be honest is sort of an animal nut, if you know what I mean) and she mentioned that she fosters dogs for the Humane Society and then she tried to talk me into fostering too. I love dogs too, but I can hardly imagine taking one in for several weeks or even longer and then letting it go to another home.
I have a white pit bull, Buster, whom I adopted last winter and he is the love of my life. The other day after we got home from the beach, where we go to play, I noticed that his back looked a little red, almost as if he had a sunburn. Is that possible? Is it dangerous?
You may have already received an email from the ASPCA Advocacy Center about the pending Farm Bill in Congress if you have signed up for their alerts.But it is such an important issue, we wanted to make sure all of our local animal advocates know about it and forward this request on to their friends.
Last year, I adopted Buster. When he came home with me most of his coat had been clipped very short. But since then, his coat has grown back and it is gorgeous but very long. I am thinking in this summer heat, maybe I should get him clipped right down very short again. Is that a good idea?
My new adopted pal, Bubba, a black lab mix, is about nine months old now and he is perfect in every way except one. He is an ingrate! No, really. I keep buying him toys and he keeps destroying them – all of them. It is so frustrating! I would really like to be able to play with him all the time, fetch, or tug of war, or whatever.
It is astounding to us how many people don’t understand that you can’t leave a dog in a car in the summer, even on a not so blindingly hot day, for even a few minutes without a risk of seriously injuring or killing your dog. Numerous studies have shown that the temperature inside a parked car, even in the shade, even with the windows cracked, can easily rise 20 degrees or more in just ten minutes.
The 4th of July is coming and all the festivities are a lot of fun for humans – but not so much for our pets. In fact, quite the opposite. Fireworks are a strange, unexplainable and sometimes terrifying noise, and as many pet owners know, they can cause a great deal of stress for some animals.
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